I live in India, not America. I was 11 years old when I saw Oliver Kahn play in the 2002 World Cup. I fell in love with the player, the position, and the sport. I dedicated myself to the sport and actually managed to play it to a high level on a semipro level in my city, and it all began with Oliver Kahn.
I soon learnt he played for a club named Bayern, and that their primary color is red, which is my favorite color. I didn’t know much about them or how successful they are or anything, but I began to follow them for those 2 reasons.
Growing up in India, most around me were fans of the English clubs and the Spanish giants. I was mocked for being a Bayern fan and taunted during the mid 00s. I began to intently follow and understand how football worked in 06-07, a season where we finished 4th and did not qualify for the CL. The first club I saw retain the Bundesliga title was Borussia Dortmund. I saw Getafe almost destroy Bayern with 10 men, Zenit whoop this club, and Barça annihilate us long before I saw the club make a CL semifinal appearance. All while being surrounded by the kind of people you insinuate I am with your smug little condescending post, who had a field day with the club I chose from my heart.
Your extraordinarily poor assumption only serves to highlight your shitty mentality of feeling a sense of superiority based on some arbitrary bullshit. So, you can take your veiled insinuation that I am a glory hunter and your garbage attitude that international fans aren’t as sincere as local ones and do things with it that I can’t truly spell outright, but if you aren’t as daft as your initial post suggests, you’ll know exactly where to shove it.
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I live in India, not America. I was 11 years old when I saw Oliver Kahn play in the 2002 World Cup. I fell in love with the player, the position, and the sport. I dedicated myself to the sport and actually managed to play it to a high level on a semipro level in my city, and it all began with Oliver Kahn.
I soon learnt he played for a club named Bayern, and that their primary color is red, which is my favorite color. I didn’t know much about them or how successful they are or anything, but I began to follow them for those 2 reasons.
Growing up in India, most around me were fans of the English clubs and the Spanish giants. I was mocked for being a Bayern fan and taunted during the mid 00s. I began to intently follow and understand how football worked in 06-07, a season where we finished 4th and did not qualify for the CL. The first club I saw retain the Bundesliga title was Borussia Dortmund. I saw Getafe almost destroy Bayern with 10 men, Zenit whoop this club, and Barça annihilate us long before I saw the club make a CL semifinal appearance. All while being surrounded by the kind of people you insinuate I am with your smug little condescending post, who had a field day with the club I chose from my heart.
Your extraordinarily poor assumption only serves to highlight your shitty mentality of feeling a sense of superiority based on some arbitrary bullshit. So, you can take your veiled insinuation that I am a glory hunter and your garbage attitude that international fans aren’t as sincere as local ones and do things with it that I can’t truly spell outright, but if you aren’t as daft as your initial post suggests, you’ll know exactly where to shove it.